Seongdong District () is one of the 25 districts which make up the city of

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, South Korea. It is situated on the north bank of the Han River. It is divided into 20 ''dong'' (neighbourhoods). The district is home to

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, one of the most prestigious universities in South Korea.

Administrative divisions

Seongdong District consists of 20 administrative dongs (haengjeong-dong, ) * Doseon-dong () ** Hongik-dong (): legal dong (beopjeong-dong, ) * Eungbong-dong () * Haengdang-dong () 1~2 * Geumho-dong () 1~4 * Majang-dong () * Oksu-dong () 1~2 * Sageun-dong () * Seongsu 1ga 1 dong () * Seongsu 1ga 2 dong () * Seongsu 2ga 1-dong () * Seongsu 2ga 3-dong () * Songjeong-dong () * Yongdap-dong () * Wangsimni-dong () 1~2 ** Sangwangsimni-dong (): legal dong (beopjeong-dong, ) ** Hawangsimni-dong (): legal dong (beopjeong-dong, )

Transportation

Railways

* KORAIL ;* Jungang Line ;;*( Dongdaemun-gu) ← Wangsimni ─ Eungbong ─ Oksu → ( Yongsan-gu) ;* Bundang Line ;;* Wangsimni ─ Seoul Forest → ( Gangnam-gu) * Seoul Metro ;* Seoul Underground Line 2 ;;*( Jung-gu) ← Sangwangsimni ─ Wangsimni ─

─ Ttukseom ─ Seongsu → ( Gwangjin-gu) ;* Seoul Underground Branch for Sinseol-dong of Line 2 ;;* Seongsu ─ Yongdap ─ Sindap → ( Dongdaemun-gu) ;* Seoul Underground Line 3 ;;*( Jung-gu) ← Geumho ─ Oksu → ( Gangnam-gu) * Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation ;* Seoul Underground Line 5 ;;*( Jung-gu) ← Singeumho ─ Haengdang─ Wangsimni ─ Majang → ( Dongdaemun-gu)

History

When Seoul was expanding outward on its size, many parts of Gyeonggi Province were merged to Seongdong District. However, due to its extraordinarily huge size, Seoul Metropolitan Government divided the district into 5 ( Gangnam District, Gangdong District,

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, Seongdong District, and Songpa District), and made Seongdong District cede some part of the district to Jung District.

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, Seodaemun District, Seongbuk District, and

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underwent similar changes.

Education

, a prestigious university in South Korea, is located in Haengdang-dong and Sageun-dong.

Sister cities

* Hampyeong County,

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* Huairou District,

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, China * Jincheon County, North Chungcheong Province * Seocheon County,

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, United States

References

Notes

# This is why Gangdong District Office is located in a corner of Gangdong District. The building was previously used as Seongdong District Office.

External links

Official site

Official site
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